hi , and thanks for letting me join in working on a mates vfr800 crossrunner 2011 the electrics were playing up. the charging was low and the battery was old , ive replaced the battery and the rectifier, its now running fine and charging ok. the indicators have stopped working absolutly nothing at all as indicators or hazzard lights. i cannot find a fuse for the turn signals but there is one for the hazzard lights it fine. ive replaced the flasher box with no joy. im stumpted , any ideas ? cheer Alan
Can't be fixed, lol. Crate it up and ship it over here to me, I've wanted one ever since they came out..... Do you have power to the signal relay?..... gotta find that signalling fuse.
Hi Alan. Do you have a wiring diagram of the bike? If so see if you can post it up. Being a 2011 it's not the same as the 2014 Service Manual I have for both VFR800F and the 800X. This would help in diagnosing your issue. However if you are not sure about a fuse for the Turn Signals, simply check with a meter every fuse in the Fuse Box. You don't even need to pull the fuses! If you have a Multimeter? Each fuse has two small test points on the top of the fuse, with your meter set to measure Volts DC have the black probe on the battery Neg terminal or known Good Ground and your red lead measuring the fuse Test Points, with ignition to On you must read 12v on Both fuse test points, voltage only on one side being the incoming voltage, means you have a Blown Fuse. No voltage on either side generally means you have a voltage supply issue further back to the Ignition Switch, Main Fuses, or Battery. If you are happy that all the 12v supply is correct to the Turn Relay and switch operation etc Then you may need to look at a possible faulty Ground issue. Good Luck.
Hi Alan - Welcome to the Madhouse It is great to hear you are helping another VFR owner resolve an issue. Perhaps they may wish to join the forum too? It seems the gen 1 Cross runner (2011-2014) was developed from the 6th Gen VFR model rather than the later Cross Runner 2 models (2015-2021) which were based on the 8th Gen VFR. I suspect you will find the electric schematics for a 6th Gen model will not be too far off. Does this help..? http://www.lifford-cooke.com/motorbiking/images/wiringdiagram.jpg As a new arrival on the forum you may not have heard of "the Drill" - https://vfrworld.com/threads/how-to-fix-common-regulator-stator-failures.39277/ Which sadly may be pertinent to most pre 7th Gen VFR owners. As you can see from the currently 21 pages of posts, many 6th Gen Models and 5th Gen models suffer from poor quality electrics - which to be honest were bought in components from an outside supplier and sadly not reflective of typical Honda build quality. Suffice to say - the charging system (Battery, loom, Stator and RR) needs to be seen as an interdependent system and a fault in any one component can damage some or all of the others. Too often people stop looking for issues once they find one defective component, and remain oblivious of the potential that other components may have already sustained damage and will need attention. Whilst the RR tends to be the source of many issues it is important to realise that depending on what diodes fail, it could have caused a lot of collateral damage. If the Regulator element of the RR fails you could see volts drop to nil rapidly draining and possibly killing the battery or soar alarmingly dumping +50 volts into the bikes electrical system leading to widespread blown bulbs etc. Hence you may want to check that all the indicator bulbs are not blown - it can happen! If the Rectifier element of the RR fails, it could send AC into circuits designed for DC only - which can get very expensive if the PGMFI ECU is wrecked. If the RR plays up and shorts internally it can also take out the stator too. Hence the tests in the drill see post #9 linked above really should be repeated TWICE after you "fix" a motorbike with a charging system fault, once with the bike cold and then again after a decent ride to get the bike and components fully up to temperature. Sadly some components may test out fine whilst cold, but the insulation on stator windings may end up failing and short circuit once it gets hot. Hopefully that gives you some pointers. Please let us know how you get on. Your feedback can really help other VFR owners. SkiMad
thanks for all the info , it will give me some reading on a very cold and wet day i have 2 fireblades and the electrics on them arent great , its a shame with honda having the reputation for build quality
Check that when you slide the indicator switch to the On position you get +12V at the flasher. This will eliminate a faulty handlebar switch.
